Media and Information Literacy: Day 8

        For the eighth day in our subject, MediaLit1718, we discussed about the Ethical Use of Information. But before we did any further discussion, Sir Opiana asked us to explain the meaning of this quote:

"Knowledge is power"
         For me, the more knowledgeable you are, the more you are likely to control situations or events. People who are equipped with knowledge are able to maximize the potential in their abilities. For example, if you have knowledge on drawing, you know which brushes or tools that you would use in order to make a perfect drawing.

But how does information become knowledge?

        In my opinion, information becomes knowledge once enough information is collected and validated. Information can become the basis of knowledge, since knowledge depends on the facts that are either provided or learned.

        After these tasks, we proceeded to our main topic: The Ethical Use of Information. Our topic discussed about the terms that were related to the types of information that we encounter in our everyday lives. The summary of the terms that we discussed earlier can be found below:

• Plagiarism
  -using other people's words and ideas without clearly acknowledging the source of the information.
• Common Knowledge
  -facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be widely known.
• Interpretation
  -facts that aren't generally known or ideas that interpret facts. One must cite the source since this idea isn't a fact but is rather an interpretation or an opinion.
• Quotation
  -the usage of someone's words directly. When one uses a direct quote, he/she must put the passage between quotation marks and document its source according to a standard documenting style.
• Paraphrase
  -the usage of someone's ideas, but rephrasing them using different words.

After discussing these terms, our teacher asked us:

"What is the importance of giving credit to the source of one's work?"

        I think that it is important to give credit to the one who gave information in a certain topic because it is our own way of saying thanks to the information that he/she provided and enabled us to use. It is also an act of respect to his/her original ideas.

        If I were to put myself in the shoes of the owner of the source and have my original work get stolen or didn't get any credit for its usage, I would feel unmotivated to give out my ideas to other people.

        For the final part in our lesson for today, sir Opiana asked us what were we going to do if we were to be tasked to plan an academic trip. We were expected to list pertinent information on two possible destinations, either in the country or abroad. My answers can be found on the table found below:

        He also left us with an assignment where we were tasked to do a 100-word essay about being an information literate individual. My essay can be found below:

        "In my opinion, being an information literate person means that you have the ability to determine the extent of needed information and to have access to it. Being information literate also means that I have to be responsible for the information that I deliver and handle. I also have the responsibility of making sure that my information is true and will always be true. One more trait of an information literate individual is also checking if the information that he/she receives or sees is credible before he/she trusts it. Information literacy is necessary in order for a person to learn different things."

        In summary, our discussion about Information Literacy for this day had a lot to do with activities in order for us to learn more about it.

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